{"id":144,"date":"2017-06-02T01:18:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/?p=144"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:45:10","slug":"plant-week-broadleaf-stonecrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/2017\/06\/02\/plant-week-broadleaf-stonecrop\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant of the Week: Broadleaf Stonecrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that our lab group is working on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/native-plants-2\/\">native plants<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/garden-pollinators\/\">native bees<\/a>, I thought it would be fun to do a &#8216;Plant of the Week&#8217; and &#8216;Bee of the Week&#8217; series. \u00a0This first entry is from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/people\/\">Lucas Costner<\/a>, an\u00a0undergraduate environmental science major at Oregon State University. \u00a0It highlights one of the plants that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/people\/\">Aaron Anderson<\/a> is using in his research.<\/p>\n<h3>Sedum spathulifolium (Broadleaf stonecrop)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wildlife benefits: larval host plant for elfin butterfly larvae; adult butterflies will nectar on blossoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/files\/2017\/06\/Broadleaf-Stonecrop-gdahlman-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2017\/06\/Broadleaf-Stonecrop-gdahlman-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2017\/06\/Broadleaf-Stonecrop-gdahlman-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2017\/06\/Broadleaf-Stonecrop-gdahlman.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broadleaf Stonecrop. Photo by Greg Dahlman. https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/enkindler\/5892806011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The broadleaf stonecrop (<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Sedum spathulifolium <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">spp. <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">spathulifolium<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">) is a perennial that is native to California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (1).\u00a0 It is hardy throughout USDA zones 4 to 10 (2) and is therefore well-suited to most Oregon gardens. The broadleaf stonecrop performs best in full-sun to part-shade (2), and does well in relatively dry, nutrient poor soils (3). Between the months of May through August, expect yellow star-shaped flowers clustered on stems averaging six inches in height (3). These flowers are purported to be attractive to insect pollinators, in particular butterflies (3). The blue-green leaves of the plant are succulent, develop in a rosette, and often appear waxy or powdery (4). Due its resilient nature and attractive appearance, the broadleaf stonecrop is a popular choice for Oregon gardeners looking to incorporate succulents and native plants into their landscapes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8220;Plant Profile for Sedum spathulifolium spathulifolium (broadleaf stonecrop).&#8221; <i>Natural Resources Conservation Services<\/i>. USDA, n.d. Web. 25 May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8220;Sedum spathulifolium.&#8221; <i>Las Pilitas Nursery<\/i> . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2017. &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laspilitas.com\/nature-of-california\/plants\/629--sedum-spathulifolium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.laspilitas.com\/nature-of-california\/plants\/629&#8211;sedum-spathulifolium<\/a>&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8220;Sedum spathulifolium.&#8221;<i> Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/i>. The University of Texas at Austin, n.d. Web. 25 May 2017. &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=SESP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=SESP<\/a>&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>4 &#8220;Sedum spathulifolium var. spathulifolium.&#8221; <i>Flora of North America<\/i> . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2017. &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=250092154\">http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=250092154<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that our lab group is working on native plants and native bees, I thought it would be fun to do a &#8216;Plant of the Week&#8217; and &#8216;Bee of the Week&#8217; series. \u00a0This first entry is from Lucas Costner, an\u00a0undergraduate environmental science major at Oregon State University. \u00a0It highlights one of the plants that Aaron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1295190,1178798],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-native-plants","category-plant-of-the-week","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2786\/files\/2017\/06\/Broadleaf-Stonecrop-gdahlman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/3137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}